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Recipes.

CHOCOLATE CAKE.-Beat the whites of
two eggs with a quarter of pound OF
powdered sugar into frothy cream, add
the juice of half lemon and six ounces
of finely grated chocolate; drop this mix
ture in spoonfuls on fiat tin, and bake
them slowly.
SILVER CAKE.-One cupful of sugar
mixed with two tablespoonfuls of butter;
add one cupful of flour with one tea
spoonful of baking powder, half a cupful
Of cornstarch, half cupful of milk, the
whites of three eggs, flavor with vanilla.
Bake in moderate oven.
NEW POTATOES. Put into stewpan
q piece of butter rolled in flour, gill of
cream, pepper, salt, very little nutmeg.
also the juice of half lemon; stir these
over fire until boiling; then add slices of
freshly boiled new potatoes, and, after
warming them up in the above sauce,
serve very hot.
STRAWBERRY TART. - Strawberries,
sugar, puff paste. Pick over the straw
berries carefully, and arrange them in
layers in a deep puff crust, sprinkle each
layer thickly with sugar; fill very full,
pour in a teacupful of strawberry juice
made from the soft berries that have
been squeezed through fine cloth. Cover
with the pastry, and bake.
TOMATOES AND EGGs.-One dozen
large tomatoes, four ounces of butter, one
small onion, seasoning, six eggs. Peel
the skins from the tomatoes, put the but
ter into frying-pan, add the onion
minced fine, c,and pepper and salt to taste.
Fry the tomatoes, and from time to time
chop them while frying; when they are
we'll cooked break the eggs into the pan,
stir the whole quickly and serve hot.
CHow-Cuow.-One-half bushcl green
tomatoes, one dozen peppers, one dozen
onions chopped fine, one pint of salt, let
stand over night, drain off and cover with
vinegar. Cook slowly half an hour, add
two pounds of sugar, two tablespoontuls
cinnamon, two of allspice, one of cloves,
one of pepper, half-cup ground mustard,
one pint of grated horseradish, vinegar
to mix, boil and mix with the ingredi
ents.
sA~~
chops and serve them in circle on .
hot platter around caulitlowcr prepared
thus: Soak the caulitlower, face down
ward, in cold water for two hours; this
takes out whatever insects may have
harbored therein. Cut off all the
green leaves and boil in saltcd water
from twenty minutes to half an hour, ii
depends upon the size. Try with a silver
fork from time to time to see if it be
done. When thoroughly done pour OH
the water and pour over the vegetable q
sauce made thus: Bring to boiling point
a half-pint of milk, add piece OF fresh
butter size of an egg, stirring all the
while; then add teaspoonful of arrow.
root smoothed in little cream. Let II
boil up once.
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Fighting Fish.

There is hot tempered little fish,
known as Bctta pugnax, and kept as a
sort of domestic pet by the Siamese, to
display its prowess for the Mongolian
amusement. When in a state of quiet.
its Gull colors present no remarkable
sight, but iftwo be brought together, OF
if one sees its own image in looking.
glass. the little creature becomes sud-
denly excited, the raised fins and the
Whole body shine with metallic colors Of
dazzling beauty, while the projected gil!
membrane, waving like black frill
round the throat, adds something of gro
tesquencss to the general appearance. In
this state, it darts at its real or reflected
antagonist.
Tie Siamese keep these fishes in globes
like goldfish, and the Malays often stake
large sums, or even the freedom of them
selves and their families, on the prowess
of q particular BETA.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Good for Everything.

One of the most useful articles in do.
mestic economy is borax. Its medicinal
properties are cleansing and healing. 1t
is good wash for weak eyes in weak
solution. 1t is excellent for sore throat.
Mixed with honey it cures canker thrush
and sore mouth of any kind. 1T will
cure stubborn case of ringworm by be-
ing rubbed on the surface of the skin OF
busted over the spot. For dressing
wounds or cuts, it is very healing when
dissolved in warm water and used to
carefully wash the tender parts. 1t is
excellent for cleansing the hair or for
chapped rough skin. 1t is cure for
prickly heat or for sunburn. 1t will
keep moths out of furs and reaches and
ants out of closets. 1t also is good
'disinfectant. 1t can be used lavishly in
the laundry without injury to the finest
clothes, making them white with less
rubbing and no boiling. Flannels and
laces are less liable to shrinkage il
washed in it than if with soap, and it
makes black cashmere, well blued, as
good as new.-Det,on Tribune.
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An Unexpcctcd Suggestion.

"Say, Gaddersby,n said Mr.. Smith, as
he came into the fish STORE with lot of
tackle in his hand. 81 want you to give
me some fish to take home with me. Kind
O. fix 'em up SO that they'll look rs if
they've been caught to-day, will you!"
"Certainly, SIR" said the grocer.
"How many"
ooh, you'd better give me three or
four bass. Make it look decent in guam
tity without appearing to exaggerate,
you know"
eyes, sir. But you'd better take white
fish, hadn't you?'
"Why? What makes you think so?'
ooh, nothing, except that your wife
was down here carly this afternoon and
said said if you dropped in with fish
pole over your shoulder and a generally
woe-be-g gone look, to have you take white
fish if possible, as she liked that kind
better than any other"
Mr.. Smith took white fish.--Herchaat-
TrGce!er.
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A Holy Life.

A holy life is made up of small things.
Little words, not eloquent speeches or
sermons; little deeds, not miracles or
battles. nor one great heroic act of
mighty martyrdom, make up the true
Christian life. The little sunbeam, not
the lightning; the waters of Sloan
.'that so softly" in the meek mission Of
refreshment, not the "waters of the river,
great and many" rushing down in noisy
torrents, are the true symbols of holy
life. The avoidance of little evils, little
sins, little inconsistencies, little weak
nesses, little follies, indiscretions and
imprudences, little foibles, little indul'
gences of the fesh-the avoidance of
such little things as these goes far to
make up, at least, the negative beauty
of holy life Bonar.
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HOrn.BOOks..

One of the rarcst, and certainly one of
the most interesting, books in the library
of the British Museum is what our ances-
tors called a 'horn-book. 1t was, in
fact, their primer, the ordinary means
by which they began their education; !;
and down to the reign Of George II.
must have been very common, for we see
by IN entry in the account book of the
Archer family that one was sold in 1889
for two pence. At present there Is no
book more difficult to obtain. The one
in the British Museum was found quar-
ter of century ago in deep closet, built
in the thick walls of an old farm house in
Dcrbyshire. 1t is said q laborer engaged
in pulling down the walls of the ancient
house recognized it as that from which
his father had been taught to read. Upon
the back is a picture of Charles 1. on
horseback, giving some approximation to
its date. 1t is single leaf, containing
upon the front side the alphabet, large
and small, in Old English and Roman
letters, ten short columns of monosylla-
b!es founded on the vowels, and the
Lords Prayer; all set in q frame of oak,
now black with age, and protected by
a slice of transparent horn, hence the
name horn-book.
There is handle by which to hold it,
and in the handle hole for string, so
i. could hang from the girdle. Apicture
of 1920 represents child running in
leading strings. with horn-book tied to
her side. A cheaper kind of horn-book
had the leaf of printed paper pasted upon
the horn, and perhaps the greater number
were made in this way. If so, it is not
singular they should be scarce, for they
would be very easily destroyed. Shen-
stone writes in 1742 of
Books of stature small
While with pellucid horn secured all
Tosave from fingers wet the letters fair.
The alphabet upon the horn-books was
always headed by cross, and so was
frequently called the Christ Cross Row,
or, in common speech, the Criss Cross
Row, this being the title under which q
very worn specimen is catalogued at Ok
ford. -ChriStian ut Work.
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Getting the Best Of the Banana.

He was a short man pervaded by a
generally rural air, and wore derby hat
that looked like chocolate drop.
He paused near the Post Office build
ing in front of an Italian banana cart,
and inspected the fruit with great interest.
"How's bernanners?' he inquired.
'Ze best bananas in zc city" said the
merchant from Italy earnestly. "Zis re
banana season. All of zem sound and
ripe
"EIow much for the yellcr ones"
'Two for five"
"Well, give me one," said the short
man. He passed over three cents, and
selecting banana began to remove the
skin. The fruit was slightly overripe,
however, and being exposed, soft spot
on one side gave way and the edible por-
tion Of that banana vanished in the gutter.
There was an expression of intense sur
prise on the purchasers face. He looked
at the empty banana skin in his hand,
and then said to the vender: II thought
YOU said this was the season for bernan-
nersW
$50 it is"
"Maybe that was last season S Der
manner"
''No, no." said the dealer impatlcntiy,
Sat was all right. You should have
eaten him.
Il didn't get chance to eat it. Gimme
another"
Tie dealer objected, so they COM
promised on another banana for two
cents.
The man with q chocolate-drop derby
passed over the pennies, and as he grasped
the second banana, he remarked:
81 amt agoln' to let no Eyetalyun fruit
beat me. Plagued if l don't eat skin
and all this time"
And he did.--New York Tribune.
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Early Marriage.

Constance is very young, but she is
also better worth quoting than most
grown people. Her envy was somewhat
aroused by the fact that wedding was
about to take place in the family Of her
little playmate, and that the playmate
thereby had the advantage of her; so she
remarked, very complacently, to her
little friends mamma:
"Mrs. -, did you know that I was
engaged to be married?"
"Why, no, Conny. Is that so?"
eyes, ma'am; I'm engaged to Fitz
Ward (small boy of her acquaintance.
"He doesn't know it, but I've got to ex-
plain it to him.
"well, Conny, do you expect to be
married soon?"
"Well, hope so. TIE fact is, I'm
tired of being spanked, and think we'll
be married very soon. ."-Hmper's Maga-
zine.
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Oddities in New York Store Windows.

A fan fourteen feet long.
A pair of brceches, twenty-five cents.
Onc-tocd and five-toed socks.
A pocket knife with sixteen blades.
A wheel that turns so fast that it
seems to stand still.
A thirty-button kid glove. 1t is
fastened at the shoulder.
A pair of Valcnciennes hose, with lace
fronts, SIS pair.
A steam engine that draws its own
water and consumes its own smoke.
Two heads Of horses and pair OF
pigeons sketchcd with 4 sewing machine.
A pair of elephants tusks that measure
seven feet eight inches and weigh 2'o
pounds.
A S4OO dress in brocade, velvet, and
lace. Nile green en- train. 1t was made
by Pinchon of Paris.
A sponge measuring ten feet IN
circumference when wet. Another one
as small as bullet.-Neo York Sun.
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RELIGIOUS READINGS.
The Baby's Boon.

Take the gift, and for the Giver,
Rear it, mother, tenderly;
Let it be your high endeavor
From the world to keep it free
There is now no spot upon it,
1t is like the Giver, pure;
But the sinful world will lure il,
And the Tempter seek it, sure.
Guard the precious one, and guideit,
Tell it Of the Heavenly way;
Bear it often up before Him
Who hears mothers when they pray.
Knowest thou the wreath of treasure
Thus committed to thy care!
Far more precious than Golcouia!
1t may yet outshine star.
No such charge on earth is given
AS the little infant, sweet
Take it, and in Him believing.
Lay it at the Masters feet.
E. D. B.
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The ZainS.

Happily, one Hindoo sect exists which
is so universally merciful to all animals
as to include even dogs. allude to the
Zaius, whose creed seems to combine the
teachings of Brahma and Buddha, and
who especially hold the doctrine of trans
migration so practically, that they look
on everything that has life as the possible
embodiment of some dear friend or near
relation: consequently. all living crea-
lures should be tenderly dealt with.
-,Miss Gordon Cumming.
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A Joke ON Rarnum.

At recent dinner, by the way, story
was told of Barnum. "He isa temper
ance man now," said one of the party,
"but remember when he set up the
drinks for distinguished crowd. He
didn't do it out of pure good nature
either. 1t was twenty y-six years ago, at
the Profile House, in the Franconia
mountains. Barnum was feeling pretty
smart in those days. and he had been
playing his jokes and cute tricks rather
freely about the house. A lot of guests
sat on the piazza of the hotel. Among
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What the Gun Was Good For.

"Ycs, gentlemen" said one of the few
yet unboycotted liars of the Bohemian
Club, as he finished snipc-shooting
story; ':that was the most remarkable
gun ever saw. Wouldn't take Il thou
sand dollars for it,"
''It's nothing to gun used to own. "
said an cx-champion prevaricator, waking
up just then. 1T was simply impossible
for bird to get away from that gun. 1t
made the closest and most regular pattern
you ever saw. l traded for q tifty-acre
lot"
"To Bogardus, ch'" said the other fin
ished equivocator, sarcastically.
No, to Simpson. the big wholesale
druggist. He used it to shoot holes in
porous plasters-hfty at clip
And then nothing could be heard ex-
cept the scratching of the other mans
pen as he wrote out his resignation.--
Tile Wasp.
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Wanted a Change.

"Got the cholera in town." asked q
Nankin farmer who was on the market
yesterday.
"Why, nc" answered the person in
terrogated.
"Hcard so out at my place yesterday.
Heard there were twenty-six cases."
"Oh, that's all nonsense. Are your
neighbors much excited"
"Not bit. We began down there
with the measles and whooping cough
last October, and we are now tapering
off with catarrh in the head and a ring
ing in the ears. Excited? Why, I
come in to get case of cholera for q
change !"-Detroit Free Press.
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The Drunkard's Feeble Offspring.

On the subject of inheritance, it has been
truly said that the blood of the inebriate ps-
rent is 50 vitiated and his energies are so
wasted that even when there is sober
mother the innocent progeny are often
brought into existence puny, stunted and
debiiitated. Body and brain having been in
sufficiently nourished, the vital powers OF
such infants are so very defective that, in
their earliest years, they are literally moved
down, In the carlsation ofthe terrible infan
tile mortality which is such disgrace to
civilization, the drinking habits of the parent
or parents have the largest share. Even
when grown up to manhood, the constitu-
tons OF the offspring of intemperate parent,
age are frequently SO enfeebled and impaired
that they succumb to a premature death from
their lack of recuperative power after the ex-
haustion following some acute illness, which
a vigorous system would have perfectly le-
covered from.-Boston Herald.
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The Same Old Place.

care you going to take in any of the
watering resorts this summer asked "a
we'll known landlady to her milkman.
"Oh yes, l have always taken a little
recreation every summer and l always
derive pecuniary as we'll as healthful
benefits by taking in those resorts every
summer"
"Where do you expect to go this sea-
son." asked the lady.
"Oh the same old watering place
the town pump. n-CaW Preteel.
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Temperance News and Notes.

There are manufactured daily in the United
States 301, 1856 gallons of whisky.
New York city spent S12, 100000 in 1856 to
maintain charitable and reformatory institu-
tions. Intoxicating drink necessitates I5 per
cent. of this great outlay.
The saloon-men OF New Orleans have COM
bined and raised $40, 600 to fight the Sunday
laws which are being strenuously enforced by
the Law and Order League.
The law compelling saloons to close on
Sunday is being rigidly observed in New
York. Even hotels refrain from supplying
guests with wine at meal times.
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BUDGET OF FUN.
SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Rather Confusing-The Same Old
Place-Wanted n ChanGe-Early
Marriage-What the Gun
was Good For, Etc.

In barber shop. Customer-"You
say the black horse won!"
Eyes, SIR"
"Why, man just now told me that
the bay horse was beaten"
"Er-sir?'-Detroit Free Press.
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How to Reach the "1Insses."

1. Precept-Go out quickly into the
streets and lanes of the city. and bring
in hither the poor and the MANNED, and
the halt, and the blind.
Go out into the highways and hedges,
and compel them to come in, that my
house may be filed.
Let Us not be weary in we'll doing.
As We have opportunity, let US do good
unto all men, Paul.
Visit the fatherless and the widows
in their affliction. i James.
Let him that heareth say come-Jesus.
9. Example-Jesus went about all
Galilee, teaching in their synagogues
and preaching the Gospel of the king
dom, and healing all manner of sick
ness, and all manner of disease among
the people.
When he saw the multitudes, he was
moved with compassion on them he
went about doing good, and healing all
that were oppressed of the devil.
A friend of publicans and sinners.
The Son OF Man is come to seek and
to save that which is lost.
Old Age
Dean Bradley, successor of Stanley
in the deanery of Westminster, tells an
anecdote of him as he neared hs si8tieth
year. He was travelling in Germany on
Rhine steamer, and getting acquainted
with boy, (he loved children). the boy
asked him his age, which being an
swered, he said, why, all your life is
over"
'No,' said the dean, "the best is get
to come"
"You must be on the wrong side of
sixty" said one acquaintance to another
"No," he replied, 81 am on the right
side" Old ageis cherries enough to
one lacking faith in God and Christ;
but bright and divinest hopes when one
has for his portion the Christ, whom to
know with the Father is e.erna! life.
Let every man mourn as old age creeps
upon him if he be without faith in the
Holy One. Let every man rejoice as
age comes upon him, if he trusts in Him
who said, because l live. ye shall
live" Life here is only the state of in
fancy.
A plain London lighterman: only
navigator on the Thames, was in the
Abbey, standing before the monument
of John Wesley, and as he talked with
the dean, knowing he had been to Pales-
zine, said, 1T must have been beautiful
to have walked where the Saviour
walked" eyes," and with sanity
look, he said, beautiful to walk in the
steps of the Saviour Stanleys words,
as he spoke of death, are so beautiful
we quote them: There the soul finds
itself on the c,ouutain ridge overlooking
the unknown future; our company be-
fore is gone; the kinsfolk and friends
OF many years arc passed over the dark
river. and we are left alone with God.
We know not in the shadow of the night
who it is that touches us-wc feel only
that the everlasting arms are closing US
in; the twilight Of the morning breaks,
We arc bid to depart in peace, for by a
strength NOT our own We have prevailed,
and the path is made clear before u.s."
Great and many are the compensa-
tions Of advancing age.-;Selccted.
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find that when the saints are under
trials and we'll humhled, little sins
raise great cries in the conscience; but
in prosperity conscience is pope, that
gives dispensations and great latitude to
our hearts. = Samuel Rutherford.
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TEMPERANCE.
The WicEel

The Wicked, Cruel Spider.
I know dingy corner, where wicked spider
clings;
Where he spins his web round bottles, glasses,
jugs, and other things;
And listened in the shadow as one day
passed along,
And heard the wicked spider, as he sung
his cruel song:
"Will you take little cider! Will you call
while passing byN /
Said the wicked, crafty spider, to the buzzing
little fly.
"Win you take little lager' Surely you
will not decline
Just to take drink for friendship; say, just
sip little wine"
"He is coming for his cider!" said the wicked,
cruel spider;
'He is coming for his wine, and my cords
shall round him twine;
While he sits and sips his lager, will Whet
my little dagger,
And when he has drunk his wine, he will find
that he is mine!
Ha! the little fool is coming, can hear him
buzZing, humming,
He who comes to visit me, vainly struggles
to be free.
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The divinest attribute in the heart Of
man is love. and the mightiest, because
the most human principle in the heart Of
man is faith. Love is heaven; faith is
that which appropriates hcaven.-[F.
W. Robertson,
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"You are welcome to my parlor, am glad to
see you come,
Do not stay outside the entrance, please to
make yourself at home;
Will you take little lager, while Isharpen up
my daggera .
Will you take drop Of wine2 then you
surely shall be mine:
I will bind you, will grind you, though you
struggle, weep and pray,
I will tie your hands behind you, you shall
never get away;
I will fight you, 1 will smite you, will stab
you, will bite you,
I will make you poor and needy, I will make
you old and seedy,
I will make you bleared and bloa@ed, and
with rags and tatters coated,
And your hat will look so shocking, that the
boys will all be mocking,
+ will haunt you till you die, then I'll hang
you up to dry"
O my boy, beware of cider, and Of lager and
Of wine,
Then the wicked, cruel spider ne'er shall get
a child Of mine.
Let us storm his ugly castle, let US tear his
web away;
Let us drive away this spider, Heaven in
mercy speed the day!
The Little Christian.
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THE Rev. John Webb and big black
bear had an encounter recently In the
woods of Pocahontas County, West
Virginia. Mr.. Webb spent the next
five hours in lodging around the beast,
and finally killed him with pocket
knife, the only weapon he had about
him.